Rivers, 81, died in a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said. Rivers had been on life support at Manhattan's Mount Sinai hospital, where she was taken after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28.(English)

M: One of the most surprising things to me is that you’re a Republican… JR: How can you not be? How can anyone not be? How can you live in a country when you can not say the Pledge of Allegiance anymore?(English)

Thousands travel to Temple Emanu-El every year to visit its museum and sanctuaries. Many wealthy and prominent New Yorkers are members of the congregation including Michael Bloomberg and Joan Rivers.(English)

Rivers, 81, died in a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said.Rivers had been on life support at Manhattan's Mount Sinai hospital, where she was taken after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28.(English)